# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union welcomes the Labour Court judgment handed down yesterday, dismissing an application for leave to appeal over the transfer of operations at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, Free State. The court previously ruled that the transfer to the Department of Correctional Services, effective 1 July, triggered Section […]
# Mpumalanga police seized 630 kilograms of dagga worth more than four-million-rand in Tonga near the Eswatini border. Spokesperson Mpho Nonyane-Mpe says officials searched an articulated truck and trailer with Eswatini registration plates and discovered 49 bags of dagga. A suspect was arrested and detained. The truck, reportedly belonging to a logistics company based in […]
# Electrician Andrew “Benji” Benjamin from Kimberley in the Northern Cape has been crowned the winner of MasterChef South Africa’s Season 6, taking home one-million-rand. The 40-year-old home cook beat Durban’s Candice Meth in the tense finale. Benjamin, who works as a high-voltage electrician, won viewers and judges over with his calm approach and cooking […]
# A gunman has been killed following a prolonged armed standoff with police on a farm at De Hoop outside Robertson in the Western Cape. Police initially responded to a complaint but came under fire, prompting Tactical Response Team members to intervene. Spokesperson Nonkululeko Phokane says the situation was later escalated to the Special Task […]
# South African National Parks, in partnership with the Railton Foundation, launched a Greening and Food Security Programme in Swellendam, Western Cape. The programme aims to improve food security and create sustainable livelihoods through community food production, skills development, and local economic opportunities. SANParks provided a greenhouse, irrigation infrastructure, gardening tools and other equipment. SANParks’ […]
# TV personality and disbarred attorney Peet Viljoen has been denied bail in a multi-million-rand fraud case. Viljoen appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court this morning, where he was deemed a flight risk. He faces more than 400 charges, including fraud and corruption linked to the 2010 sale of municipal property worth about […]
# Political economist Patrick Bond says the Constitutional Court ruling blocking Shell and Impact Africa from conducting offshore seismic testing along the Wild Coast goes beyond stopping an oil and gas project. The court handed down the ruling on 15 August, overturning a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. Bond says the decision recognises environmental, […]
# South Africa faces legal hurdles in its attempt to recover about 299-million-rand spent repatriating foreign nationals to Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia. The Department of Home Affairs says it has asked the three governments for reimbursement. International relations expert Kingsley Makhubela says South Africa could struggle to recover the money without legally binding agreements requiring […]
# The City of Johannesburg says the Johannesburg International Transport Interchange is expected to start operating before the end of 2026. City spokesperson Virgil James says the tender for a managing service provider was concluded, and a 60-day public participation process is required under the Municipal Finance Management Act. He says the facility will have […]
